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Stats Analysis: Europe's Most Accurate Finishers

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jan 23 2012 17:22
Stats Analysis: Europe's Most Accurate Finishers The art of finishing is one that has been flaunted to the fullest over Europe's top 5 leagues this season, with 22 players having already scored more than 10 goals thus far. WhoScored has decided to look at a facet to the top scorers shooting that has not yet been analysed - accuracy - as well as re...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 18 2012 14:31
Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers While it takes bravery to commit to tackling as often as some of the players do in the Premier League, there is a real skill to winning the ball more often than not, with WhoScored investigating those players who not only throw themselves into tackles with superb regularity but come away with the ba...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Top Stoppers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 17 2012 10:35
Stats Analysis: Premier League's Top Stoppers When it comes to statistical analysis there are often a number of players who are overlooked - possibly to their relief - but WhoScored has taken the time to look into the efficiency of the rare breed that is goalkeepers! Studying the stoppers to have made more than 5 starts in the Premier League, w...
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Team Focus: Sunderland - The O'Neill Factor

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 11 2012 16:03
Team Focus: Sunderland - The O'Neill Factor When looking at the form guide in the Premier League over the last 6 games it is not Manchester City, United or even Tottenham that sit top, but Sunderland. The fact that Martin O'Neill arrived at the Stadium of Light to take charge of his first match - you guessed it - six games ago is indicative o...
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Player Focus: Antonio Valencia Progress Report

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jan 9 2012 17:27
Player Focus: Antonio Valencia Progress Report It is fair to say that Manchester United have been on somewhat of a roller coaster ride since the start of December. Many of the players' form has been constantly fluctuating during a spell which has seen Fergie's side look back to their imperious best as well as disastrous in defence in recent week...
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Serie A Team of the Season Up to Now

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jan 6 2012 18:13
Serie A Team of the Season Up to Now Like La Liga in Spain, Italy's Serie A returns to action this weekend, so we take the time to analyse the league's All Star XI up to now based upon WhoScored ratings.As many as 8 sides are represented, indicating the tight nature of a league that reigning champions AC Milan top on goal difference ah...
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La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 4 2012 17:26
La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage After a well-earned winter break, teams from the Serie A and La Liga are readying themselves for action again this weekend so we take the chance to analyse each of the league's best XIs of the season thus far, starting in Spain.It will come as no surprise to learn that the best possible side accordi...
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WhoScored's 2011 Premier League Player of the Year

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 3 2012 17:18
WhoScored's 2011 Premier League Player of the Year In the final instalment of our feature focusing on the best players per division based upon WhoScored ratings over the calendar year of 2011, we analyse the Premier League that, unlike any of the other top leagues in Europe, has had no rest bite over the winter.The winner of our award is perhaps ine...
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Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Dec 30 2011 21:18
Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage As we approach 2012 the only players in Europe's top 5 leagues who aren't enjoying the festive break are plying their trade in the Premier League, so in the meantime we analyse the best XIs at the halfway stage of the season elsewhere.First up we look across the channel at France's Ligue 1, where PS...
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WhoScored's 2011 Serie A Player and Young Player of the Year

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Dec 27 2011 18:17
WhoScored's 2011 Serie A Player and Young Player of the Year In the penultimate edition of the WhoScored Player of the Calendar Year in each of Europe's top 5 leagues we analyse the top performers of Italy's Serie A since the beginning of 2011.While there are a number of predictable inclusions in our top 10, there is also a selection of high-profile absentees...
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